Klaudiusz Baran
Klaudiusz Baran (b. 1971, Poland) was graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, class of Professor Jerzy Jurek. He continued his studies at Conservatoire “Paul Dukas” in Paris, class of Professor Max Bonnay. 1st Prize at the “All- Poland Accordion Competition” in Katowice (1993), the International Accordion Competition in Castelfidardo (1997) and the International Accordion Competition in Paris (1997). He participated in many festivals, such as: “The Warsaw Autumn”, “Lutoslawski’s Forum” at the National Philharmonic in Warsaw, “Musica Polonica Nova” in Wroclaw, “Musica Moderna” in Lódz, “Crossculture 2009” in Warsaw, “EXPO 2008” in Saragoza, Accordion Music Festivals in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kragujevac, Vilnius, “Tango Festival” in Buenos Aires, and many others.
As a soloist he cooperated with the National Philharmony, National Orchestra of the Polish Radio, Sinfonietta Cracovia, AUKSO Orchestra, Capella Bydgostiensis,Vratislavia, Dresdner Philharmoniker under the baton of such conductors as Reinbert de Leeuw, Lucas Vis, Daniel Raiskin, Reinhard Petersen, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Agnieszka Duczmal, Hector Guzman. He gave concerts together with such artists as Roby Lakatos, Ivan Monighetti, Julius Berger, Susana Moncayo von Hase, Andrzej Bauer, the Royal String Quartet, and others.
In March 2009, as part of the “Amber Road Festival“ in Kalisz, together with a German cellist Julius Berger and the Kalisz Philharmonic Orchestra he had an opportunity to perform the piece “Sieben Worte” by Sofia Gubaidulina under the baton of Adam Klocek – in the presence of the composer, who also participated in it. He is a member and founder of such ensembles as:Tangata Quintet, with which he was twice nominated for the Fryderyk Award (2004, 2005), Machina del Tango and DesOrient. In 2003 his CD was released by the SonyClassical record company with solo and chamber works by Astor Piazzola, the album won the award of the Phonographic Academy – “Fryderyk 2003” – in the category “Best Album – Chamber Music”.
He has given almost 25 first performances on the stage so far.
He performed solo, in chamber ensembles and with symphony orchestras in Poland and abroad. He is invited as a lecturer to the international courses of music interpretation (Poland, France, Serbia) and as a jury member of national and international competitions (Poland, Italy, Slovakia, Serbia). His students have been awarded over 50 times at international, national competitions, and interdisciplinary competitions, in solo and chamber categories.
He is accordion professor at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. From 2012 he is Vice-Rector for artistic affairs. He has been decorated with the Bronze Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis.